gwyrdd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh gwyrð, from Old Welsh guird, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨrð, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨ̞rð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɪrð/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞rð
Adjective edit
gwyrdd (feminine singular gwerdd, plural gwyrddion, equative gwyrdded, comparative gwyrddach, superlative gwyrddaf)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwyrdd | wyrdd | ngwyrdd | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also edit
| gwyn | llwyd | du |
| coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
| melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
| gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
| fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |